Phormium tenax (called flax in New Zealand English; harakeke in Māori; New Zealand flax outside New Zealand; and New Zealand hemp in historical nautical...
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Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in 1775 from specimens of Phormium tenax collected by both Forsters and the Swedish naturalist Anders Erikson...
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followed by twisted seed pods. It is less common than the other Phormium species, P. tenax or harakeke. Mountain flax is also called whararipi, whatariki...
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Tenax may refer to: The trademark name of Poly(2,6-diphenylphenylene oxide), a chemical compound Phormium tenax, a species of flowering plant A brand...
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Zealand flax describes the common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi, known by the Māori names harakeke and wharariki respectively...
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examples are the fiber of many grasses, Agave sisalana (sisal), Yucca or Phormium tenax, Musa textilis and others. Their cell walls contain, besides cellulose...
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as fishing nets. The prepared fibre (muka) of the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) became the basis of most clothing. The flax leaves were split and woven...
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carica Flax European flax – Linum usitatissimum New Zealand flax – Phormium tenax, Phormium colensoi Fluxroot – Asclepias tuberosa Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea...
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bird–pollinated native plants include: kowhai (Sophora species), flax (Phormium tenax) and kaka beak (Clianthus puniceus). Flowers adapt the mechanism on...
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Hemerocallis are cultivated as well. Hemerocallis citrina has medicinal uses. Phormium tenax is a traditional source of fiber in New Zealand.[citation needed] Some...
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in the daisy family Asteraceae Phormium, New Zealand flax or flax lily Phormium tenax, flax or New Zealand flax Phormium colensoi, mountain flax or lesser...
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weaving material is muka, fibre prepared from the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) by scraping, pounding and washing. The muka fibre was dyed using natural...
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Originally, poi were most commonly made from harakeke (New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax) and raupō (Typha orientalis). Makers stripped and scraped flax to provide...
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andreana): 12 3-Epi-isocucurbitacin D, from species of Physocarpus: 14 and Phormium tenax 22-Deoxocucurbitacin D from Hemsleya endecaphylla, 14 mg/72 g: 6 23...
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amounts of tapa cloth, so early Māori adopted the use of harakeke (Phormium tenax, or New Zealand flax) instead. By the 1770s, the primary use of tapa...
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of secateurs, and could clip the fibrous leaves of New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) and twigs up to at least 8 mm in diameter. Moa filled the ecological...
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had learnt to cover the outside of the palisades with layers of flax (Phormium tenax) leaves, making them effectively bulletproof as the velocity of musket...
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(Myriophyllum robustum). Wetlands bordering the lake contain flax (Phormium tenax) and spike sedge (Eleocharis acuta). Quintinia serrata Ascarina lucida...
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also a problem plant in Northumberland. New Zealand flax or harekeke (Phormium tenax) is an invasive species in St Helena, some Pacific islands and in Australia...
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had learnt to cover the outside of the palisades with layers of flax (Phormium tenax) leaves, making them effectively bulletproof as the velocity of musket...
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and "Deccan hemp" Manila hemp (Musa textilis), also known as abacá Phormium tenax, New Zealand hemp Roselle (plant) (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as "Roselle...
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0812-7387.27.2001.1348. Retrieved 11 June 2012. Coyne, Peter (2009). "Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax) — Norfolk Island native?" (PDF). Cunninghamia. 11...
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cannons. A strong, wooden palisade was fronted with woven flax leaves (Phormium tenax) whose tough, stringy foliage absorbed much of the force of the ammunition...
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the flowers of at least four species of plant: Metrosideros excelsa, Phormium tenax, Myoporum laetum and in one case Hebe bollonsii, although the structure...
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gracilis) Pūkeko (Porphyrio porphyrio) Raupo (Typha orientalis), flax (Phormium tenax), and bamboo spike-sedge (Eleocharis sphacelata) are the principal plant...
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site at Erebus Cove and covers neighbouring Ewing Island. Harakeke Phormium tenax is found at Erebus Cove, Sealer's Creek, Ranui Cove and Tandy Inlet...
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blazon is: Crest Issuant out of a Mural Crown Or a representation of the Phormium tenax flowered proper. Escutcheon Argent, upon waves of the sea a two-masted...
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americana (Naturalised) Cordyline obtecta Furcraea foetida (Naturalised) Phormium tenax Alliaceae Nothoscordum borbonicum (Naturalised) Araceae Colocasia esculenta...
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young larvae on grass species and the more developed larvae consumed Phormium tenax. Adults are on the wing from November to March and are attracted to...
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(Leptospermum scoparium), mingimingi (Coprosma propinqua), and flax (Phormium tenax) shrubland that transitions through kahikatea swamp forest into bush...
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